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Article: Co-ops for hops
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- Isthmus
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- November 7, 2008
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Wisconsin brewers encourage local crops
A year ago, Tyranena Brewery spent around $30,000 on hops. This year Rob Larson, the brewmaster and owner, says hts bill for hops will approach $140,000.
Increasingly, "the small brewer needs a way to control supply and cost of hops and barley," says Jon Reynolds of BrewPlan Inc., a brewery consultant and one of the key organizers of the new Wisconsin Brewers Guild Cooperative. Six breweries - Lake Mills' Tyranena, Lakefront Brewery of Milwaukee, Sand Creek of Black River Falls, Central Waters of Amherst, Bull Falls of Wausau and South Shore Brewery of Ashland - have joined together to work with Wisconsin farmers to grow barley and hops for their beer.